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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Wednesday 34th Week in Ordinary Time

November 28, 2007Wednesday 34th Week in Ordinary Time - Year I

DANIEL 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, withwhom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he ordered the goldand silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken fromthe temple in Jerusalem, to be brought in so that the king, his lords,his wives and his entertainers might drink from them. When the goldand silver vessels taken from the house of God in Jerusalem had beenbrought in, and while the king, his lords, his wives and hisentertainers were drinking wine from them, they praised their gods ofgold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. Suddenly, oppositethe lampstand, the fingers of a human hand appeared, writing on theplaster of the wall in the king's palace. When the king saw the wristand hand that wrote, his face blanched; his thoughts terrified him,his hip joints shook, and his knees knocked. Then Daniel was broughtinto the presence of the king. The king asked him, "Are you theDaniel, the Jewish exile, whom my father, the king, brought fromJudah? I have heard that the Spirit of God is in you, that you possessbrilliant knowledge and extraordinary wisdom. I have heard that youcan interpret dreams and solve difficulties; if you are able to readthe writing and tell me what it means, you shall be clothed in purple,wear a gold collar about your neck, and be third in the government ofthe kingdom." Daniel answered the king: "You may keep your gifts, orgive your presents to someone else; but the writing I will read foryou, O king, and tell you what it means. You have rebelled against theLord of heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you,so that you and your nobles, your wives and your entertainers, mightdrink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold,bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor haveintelligence. But the God in whose hand is your life breath and thewhole course of your life, you did not glorify. By him were the wristand hand sent, and the writing set down. "This is the writing that wasinscribed: MENE, TEKEL, and PERES. These words mean: MENE, God hasnumbered your kingdom and put an end to it; TEKEL, you have beenweighed on the scales and found wanting; PERES, your kingdom has beendivided and given to the Medes and Persians."

LUKE 21:12-19Jesus said to the crowd: "They will seize and persecute you, they willhand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have youled before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead toyour giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defensebeforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that allyour adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will evenbe handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and theywill put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of myname, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By yourperseverance you will secure your lives."

REFLECTION>From today's Gospel we learn certain basic things about Jesus andabout Christian life. Jesus could read the signs of history. Othersmight be blind to the approaching disaster but Jesus saw the trialsand difficulties about to descend. It is only when a person seesthings through the eyes of God that he sees them clearly. Jesus wascompletely honest with his followers. "This" he said to his disciples,"is what you must expect if you choose to follow me."

Jesus promised that his disciples would never meet their trials anddifficulties alone. This is evident in history, when great Christianswrote of their experiences while being tortured or awaiting theirfate. The person who walks with Christ may lose their life, but he cannever lose his soul. If we stand firm in the trials of life, if wecontinue building up this world in love, peace and justice, there isnothing to fear and God will have the final say. We are accountablefor how we live our lives. Each day we write the pages of our book oflife, but the Lord is on the side of those who love him.

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